As part of the 2nd session of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab's 12th Edition, we were privileged to host a masterclass with Academy Award winner, writer and director Guy Nattiv to talk about his short film “Skin” that won the Oscar, his feature “Skin” and the process of writing and directing. His generous spirit and unique and inspirational insights were invaluable to all of our participants. Thank you Guy! As part of the 2nd session of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab's 12th Edition, we were privileged to host a masterclass with Academy Award winner, writer and director Guy Nattiv to talk about his short film “Skin” that won the Oscar, his feature “Skin” and the process of writing and directing. His generous spirit and unique and inspirational insights were invaluable to all of our participants. Thank you Guy! "From Short to Feature, with an Oscar on the Way": Masterclass with Guy Nattiv NEWS ITEM HOME TEAM NEWS LABS SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB SITE MAP ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FILM FAQ FAQ PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

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Pureland Pureland C.B. Yi Producers Bo Chen, Ulrike Kniesner Lab Edition 13 , 2025 SCENE PITCH Production Yi Films Country Austria SYNOPSIS Felix is a sheltered and talented young singer who carries an inner void, drifting from one relationship to the next to escape it. When he crosses paths with three contrasting father figures - his long-absent, broken father; an eccentric intellectual neighbour; and an enigmatic migrant bar owner - each encounter forces him to confront masculinity, responsibility, and identity, ultimately challenging him to grow and discover a deeper sense of self. DIRECTOR'S NOTE “Pureland” explores how young adults seek identity beyond patriarchal norms. Through stories of migration, gender, and class, it shows how vulnerability becomes a force for transformation. Despite structural violence, new solidarities emerge. It’s not about reclaiming roots, but growing new ones, far from origins, expectations, and habits, through communities shaped by care and resilience. Every new home begins as a blank page, a pure space made ours by the colours we bring. LOG LINE A sheltered and talented young singer seeks escape in fleeting relationships, until three contrasting men confront him with what it means to be human, and what it takes to grow. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER C.B. Yi is an Austrian filmmaker who studied directing and cinematography under Michael Haneke and Christian Berger in Vienna. His debut feature “Moneyboys” premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard and Caméra d´Or sections and received numerous international awards. His protagonists reflect the identity struggles of young adults from diverse backgrounds as they navigate transitions in a world shaped by urbanization, mobility, and both sexual and social liberation, as they confront contradictions with tradition, naïve self-perceptions and inherited privilege. PRODUCERS Bo Chen, Ulrike Kniesner Yi Films was founded in Vienna in 2022 and focuses on international co-productions that share vision and expertise for its conceptual film projects. Yi Films has produced short films and documentaries. Currently, the company is developing "Pureland", "Manchild", and "Setting Roots". C.B. Yi As the company’s creative and structural backbone, a filmmaker must understand and engage with all departments. Being involved in production is crucial to best realize one’s artistic vision. With this approach, C.B. Yi has produced several short films and now aims for larger, ambitious collaborations. Ulrike Kniesner Engagement with film has been a consistent thread in her career — from market research for Constantin Film and EMTV during her time in strategic consulting in Beijing, to leading international communications for Fantasy Pictures (co-producer of Lou Ye’s “Summer Palace” and Wang Bing’s “Fengming”). She has collaborated with director C.B. Yi on films since 2007, including the short film “Little Precious" and the essay documentary “Emei, Viewed from a Galloping Horse”. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE ○ Yi Films, Vienna ○ +4369916882655 ○ Office@YiFilms.at PRODUCTION BUDGET ○ Total budget: 3,000,000 USD ○ Confirmed budget and source: 85,598 USD (Project development fund of Austrian Film Institute ÖFI and Vienna Film Fund FFW 65.665 USD/Yi Films own contribution 19.933 USD) LANGUAGE English, German, French, Spanish Drama, Comedy GENRE Back To Participants HOME TEAM NEWS LABS SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB SITE MAP ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FILM FAQ FAQ PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Hold Onto Me Hold Onto Me Myrsini Aristidou Producer Nathalie Dennes Lab Edition 9 , 2021 SCENE PITCH Production Country Cyprus SYNOPSIS It's summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father's funeral. DIRECTOR'S NOTE Director’s Note A police siren shakes us into alert just like an anxiously barking dog. A wave crashes on the decadent shipyard’s shore, just as a horse races to the finish line. Distressed fences, a forced eviction, henchmen and lawyers, petty-theft and quick cash, blood smears, and an estranged father beside the drifting dust, permeate the world of this film; all before the adolescent eyes of defiant Iris. The parallel drawn across the absence of a father, and the lack of boundaries for young Iris thereof, is the primal drive of the story, just as it was for me at that age. Daringly crossing the threshold of physical and emotional boundaries, to merely understand the fragility that holds them together, Iris oscillates through chaos and order as a way of understanding where exactly she stands in this world. Since my early childhood, I couldn’t help but wonder how different my upbringing would be if I had my father around. This feeling of negligence, ambiguously led to my independent seeking self, an explosive temperament ceaselessly challenging the righteousness of authority. A deep-rooted curiosity to traverse things until the end with an innate desire to hold on tight to the reins. My exaggerated self-determination often led to adrenaline highs, full blown chaos, where I thrusted myself to the verge to merely feel something; anything. It was in my adolescent years that I began to know my father, and the acceptance of our bond, even if flawed, has made all the difference. Forever in the breath of my heroine, highlighting her visceral impulsiveness and delicate naiveté, I seek to portray her precarious journey from determination to defeat and finally acceptance; just as this delicate relationship with her father unveils. LOG LINE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Nathalie Dennes Producer profile Nathalie Dennes, Producer France Producer, France Nathalie Dennes started her career within the Acquisitions department of Studiocanal in Paris before joining 3B Productions, mk2 and contributing to the launching of CG Cinéma where she managed within four years the production of a dozen critically acclaimed films such as Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas, Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven or Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Production company profile The Living is a Paris-based production company founded in 2017 by Nathalie Dennes to produce directors of her generation and projects combining delicate aesthetics with worldwide appeal, with a focus on women. The company‘s slate currently includes shorts and features from French and foreign directors awarded in major international film festivals. Dennes partnered with 3B Productions on The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-Eda that premiered in 2019 Venice Film Festival. Production Company The Living, Paris, France ndennes@theliving.fr +33 6 74 39 02 71 PRODUCTION BUDGET Production Budget $1,177M Secured funds $555.582 Cypriot Ministry of Culture; $70.613 ERT (Greek Public Television) LANGUAGE Greek Drama GENRE Back To Participants HOME TEAM NEWS LABS SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB SITE MAP ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FILM FAQ FAQ PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

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Get to know the films that participated in JSFL and were theatrically released, screened at major festivals and won grand prizes. 14TH EDITION CATALOGUE 14TH EDITION PROJECTS MENTORS JURY LAB FILMS TEAM HOME TEAM NEWS LABS SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB SITE MAP ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FILM FAQ FAQ PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION László Nemes Son of Saul Myrsini Aristidou Hold Onto Me Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic Murina Moshe Rosenthal Tell Me Everything Shai Carmeli Pollak The Sea Alex Camilleri Zejtune Dea Kulumbegashvili Beginning Shuchi Talati Girls Will Be Girls Marianna Brennand Fortes Manas Abner Benaim Plaza Catedral Philippe Lacôte Run Mikel Gurrea Suro Dani Rosenberg The Vanishing Soldier Kayis Emre Anatolian Leopard Orit Fouks Rotem Cinema Sabaia Tom Nesher Come Closer Maya Dreifuss Highway 65 Ernesto Contreras I Dream in Another Language Netalie Braun Oxygen Nadav Lapid The Kindergarten Teacher Juan Sebastián The Other Son Sacha Amaral The Pleasure is All Mine Pavel Vesnakov Windless Yona Rozenkier 35 Downhill Gonzalo Tobal Acusada Takeshi Fukunaga Ainu Mosir Shiri Nevo Friedenthal All I Can Do Junfeng Boo Apprentice Adriano Valerio Banat (Il Viaggio) Michal Vinik Barash (Blush) Ivan Marinović Black Pin Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Burning Birds Diego Mondaca Chao (CHACO) Jonathan Dekel Checkout Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis Dead Language Yehonatan Indursky Driver Amikam Kovner and Assaf Snir Echo Veronica Kedar Family Alamork Marsha Fig Tree Laszlo Csuja & Anna Nemes Gentle Malik Vitthal Imperial Dreams Pini Tavger More Than I Deserve Bradley Liew Motel Acacia Alvaro Brechner Mr. Kaplan Asaph Polonsky One Week and a Day Serhat Karaaslan Passed By Censor Ritesh Batra Photograph Tsivia Barkai Red Cow Nora Martirosyan Should the Wind Drop Morgan Simon Taste of Ink Maximiliano Schonfeld The Black Forest (La helada negra) Noam Kaplan The Future Tonislav Hristov The Good Driver Paul Negoescu The Story of A Summer Love Asa Hjorleifsdottir The Swan Mikko Myllylahti The Woodcutter's Story Jow Zhi Wei Tomorrow is a Long Time Dominga Sotomayor Too Late to Die Young Shalom Hagar Under the Shadow of the Sun Keren Ben Rafael Virgines

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